Address

759 Chestnut Street, WG703

Springfield, MA 01199

phone: 413.794.4235

Administration

Benjamin Liptzin, MD, Department Chair

Education Programs

• Psychiatry Residency 

• 4th Year Electives for Medical Students
  Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
  Child Psychiatry
  Psychosomatic Medicine

Education Administration

Steven V. Fischel, MD, PhD, Director, Psychiatry Residency Program

Laura Dove, MD, Medical Student Education Coordinator

Clinical Activities

The Psychiatry Department offers comprehensive mental health, substance abuse, behavioral medicine and employee assistance programs. 

Services include:

• Inpatient Mental Health Unit Hospitalization (voluntary or involuntary)

• Partial Hospitalization Program (day program)

• Geriatric Evaluation and Treatment (specializing in Memory Disorders)

• Child Evaluation and Short-term Treatment Team

• Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Program (day program)

• Court Programs (Community Corrections, DUI Classes, Anger Management, Drug Court, Psycho-education).

• Drug & Alcohol programs